POLICE in Kidderminster have urged people to lock up their bikes securely after a spate of thefts in the town.

A silver Saracen X-Ray trial bike worth £200 was stolen from the rear garden of a house in Blakebrook.

The bike had been chained to other bikes and thieves stole it be removing the front wheel, which they left behind. The theft happened between 4pm on Monday, January 30 and noon the following day.

A black BMX child's bike, worth £120, with the word Salcado in red writing and a picture of the devil's face at the front, was taken from the back garden of a house in Kestrel Close between 1pm and 5pm on Tuesday, January 31.

And an orange full suspension mountain bike, worth £300, was discovered stolen from the garden of a house in Gamson Close, on Wednesday, January 25.